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cakesmith handyman posted:Brilliant outcome. A very unexpected outcome.
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Relevant: 1988 Hilux Surf on BaT.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Relevant: 1988 Hilux Surf on BaT. Neat, I checked out BaT when I was starting to list my 85 but their reserve was a little low vs. what I know I can get out of it so I've stalled. This should give a good indication of where I can expect prices to go.
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 Also...if you remember my car had the Toyota OEM tire chains, and like an umbrella and stuff. I kind of thought I would get that in the mail. Will it be in the car? EDIT: HOLY poo poo the Majesta had 300km in 2014. 300 not 300,000 HOLY 
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IOwnCalculus posted:Relevant: 1988 Hilux Surf on BaT. F me, I should have jumped on that '94 near me last weekend.
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everdave posted:
Physical items, especially large stuff like an umbrella (wtf) should be in the car. A couple times I've gotten manuals in the mail and some keys but not usually. Killer on your exceptionally low mileage too, owns.
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I am up and down but now super excited about getting this car
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Everdave did you get the 2J or 1UZ?
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Wrar posted:Everdave did you get the 2J or 1UZ? It’s the 2JZ
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Put a medium large turbo in it and have a baller sleeper.
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Wrar posted:Put a medium large turbo in it and have a baller sleeper. Let's see if I ever manage to get my hands on it. Supposed to arrive at port in Savannah today
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Adventures in JDM maintenance staring NABCO Bought a $22 dollar full clutch master cylinder off Amazon for various other Mitsubishis, turns out the outer shell doesn't fit. I half-expected this as I jumped part numbers. The flange on the Amazon one was set too far back toward the firewall which means it impacts the heat shield in the engine bay but it would work just fine otherwise. However the spring and seals within the cylinder itself are identical between the original part number and the one I jumped to so I swapped the guts to the old case. Installed, flushed, adjusted the pedal travel and wow shifts great no grinds all good in the Pajero. Couldn't see anything specific on why the seals gave way but it doesn't leak anymore. Yesterday I went ahead and decided to install the plug and wire set on the Crown that I had already had because I had a low-level vague idea that the issue was spark and not (as I had convinced myself) a blown headgasket. gently caress it, maybe I'll learn something, did the deed. Started it up, seemed to run better but still stumbled enough to die, sometimes. Today I went ahead and popped off the distributor cap to take a look and wouldn't you know it, there was a bunch of scale/buildup on a bunch of the contacts. Chipped it off (!), buffed out the contacts to a nice shine and put it back on, started it up. Magically the issue is gone and the Crown runs great. I now feel like a huge moronic idiot but in a good way. Let it run for 20 minutes to get it up to temp, ran the AC, idled just fine. I do feel foolish for jumping right to headgasket as now looking back (and examining it today again after it was running fine) there is no evidence of this. Oil is clean, coolant never goes down and now that there is spark there is no vapor out of the exhaust because all the fuel is being burned. Doesn't overheat even in this brutal Florida sun. So hey, who wants to buy a sweet Toyota Crown Royal Saloon? At cost since I'm only interested in breaking even 
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That's a great day of progress right there!
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KakerMix posted:So hey, who wants to buy a sweet Toyota Crown Royal Saloon? At cost since I'm only interested in breaking even Wash the Crown, take some new pics and post em to this thread please.
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If you saw in the chat thread I have located my Toyota. It is here and has been a few days. The forms were not sent in to customs maybe that is my fault but I don't think so as I've been in communication with JCD. Had a broker run screaming I was recommended by the Autoliner company. Said I could owe $15k fine to Homeland Security. Sourced a local broker (to the port) who assures me he can handle it no problem no fines. Just an update
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Yeah your experience has been a real wtf, total disappointment, but am excited for when you finally get it.
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Loanarn posted:Wash the Crown, take some new pics and post em to this thread please. Spoke too soon, started having the exact same issue this morning when I turned it on to get it moving. Had a mechanic neighbor of mine (old school guy into air cooled stuff) so while he was open about not truly having a clue on something so complex vs. what he normally works on, we went through and determined it isn't the headgasket, it is getting spark and that it's fuel delivery related. Trying to nail down the sensor situation as the pump is just fine and I had just recently replaced the fuel filter. Chasing intermittent issues on a not-English-language car like this gives the afraid of daily driving JDM people nightmares. Not a big deal and I get to learn as I go  Yeah everdave I have no idea what is going on with your whole exchange as mine has always been smooth and I'm up to 12-soon-to-be15 vehicles. Only issues I've had have has been one instance of 'actually this truck is a 4 seater please charge me less tax' and about 4 minor paperwork issues where I spot some sort of mistake and then ask to get it corrected.
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What did you do to determine it wasn't the HG? A quick way that usually works on Toyotas is to stick the radiator overflow hose into a bucket of water and let the car reach temp. Usually a bad HG will throw a stream of bubbles into the bucket. Taken a timing gun to it quick yet? Figure you probably have if you popped the dist off, but ya never know. Leakdown or compression test yet? BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Aug 6, 2018 |
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BlackMK4 posted:What did you do to determine it wasn't the HG? The issue is so wildly inconsistent is the problem. Start it up, let it run, everything is fine. Next morning immediately have rough idle issues right on cold start when there is no heatsoak. Sometimes you can start it and have a normal idle and the it hesitates hard when you touch the throttle.
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Well, if you do a compression test and a leak down test you can rule out a cracked head/block, bad head gasket, and bad or leaking valve all at once... or pinpoint which one of these it is (if it is one). Probably should be your very first step from here.
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Mate linked me this with the comment "wife material": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4RcyRYVa6U
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InitialDave posted:Mate linked me this with the comment "wife material": If this is the Leno AZ-1 video (I'm on my phone) those comments are painfully stereotypical.
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It is a very  combination though.Halfway through. Interesting that Jay seems to be talking over her less he normally comes across as doing.
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InitialDave posted:It is a very  ", and "take a drink when she says so" comments.I was more surprised at how Leno said a few times "I'd like one of these" That's right Jay, drive up those prices 
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everdave posted:If you saw in the chat thread I have located my Toyota. It is here and has been a few days. That is the penalty for late filing isf 10+2. U usually get a pass for your first late filing.
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InitialDave posted:It is a very I just watched it and yeah you'd think he would do some research on the car before he goes to record the episode and not just talk over his guest the whole time. he also seems truly 'whelmed' about the whole thing. why is this show popular.
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It drives me loving insane how much he talks over his guests. I get it that some of them are probably awkward on camera and need to be prodded but he just jumps in there with both feet like he's ordering McDonalds in a foreign language he doesn't speak. I can't even watch it anymore.
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All the cool kids have hated Leno for a long time. Especially after how he hosed over Conan.
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Rhyno posted:All the cool kids have hated Leno for a long time. Especially after how he hosed over Conan. I didn't like when him and Chris Rock said Michael Vick didn't really do a real crime and caring about dogs is white people stuff... I don't remember the exact wording, you can find it on YouTube Edit: well it's probably not on YouTube anymore.
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Rhyno posted:All the cool kids have hated Leno for a long time. Especially after how he hosed over Conan. But without that we wouldn't have the Bugatti Veyron mouse.
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everdave, I hope you get your stuff sorted as soon as possible so we can see cool pics of your barely driven grandpa-san mobile.
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IOwnCalculus posted:But without that we wouldn't have the Bugatti Veyron mouse. I'd have rather had 10 years of Conan on TTS. Also the bonus of Jimmy Fallon not being a thing.
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bolind posted:everdave, I hope you get your stuff sorted as soon as possible so we can see cool pics of your barely driven grandpa-san mobile.
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bolind posted:everdave, I hope you get your stuff sorted as soon as possible so we can see cool pics of your barely driven grandpa-san mobile. Forms are being submitted to my broker at this moment so hopefully within a week or so
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everdave posted:Forms are being submitted to my broker at this moment so hopefully within a week or so Should check to see the free time you have for the car to sit at the port. For me it's generally a week although when the ship that was holding my last three vehicles showed up about a week early they honored the expected time of arrival for storage so I ended up having two weeks instead of the usual one. I've never went over the free storage time so I couldn't tell you what to expect if you do have to pay storage fees. I know they are real minimal (like $15 a day?) but the inconvenience of paying it is probably more of a tax.
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Rhyno posted:I'd have rather had 10 years of Conan on TTS. Also the bonus of Jimmy Fallon not being a thing. I dunno, the laugh and "hell yes" about how expensive the bit is still gets me every loving time. That is the laugh of a man tasting the fruits of his most delicious revenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxZVJLkWr1c&t=89s
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KakerMix posted:Should check to see the free time you have for the car to sit at the port. For me it's generally a week although when the ship that was holding my last three vehicles showed up about a week early they honored the expected time of arrival for storage so I ended up having two weeks instead of the usual one. It actually says 20 days on mine but I've already used up like 4 days EDIT: Majesta has cleared customs My broker just solved all my problems with this for $355 everdave fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Aug 7, 2018 |
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IOwnCalculus posted:Relevant: 1988 Hilux Surf on BaT.  
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